My name is Peng Tang, and I hold a Ph.D. in Engineering. Currently, I am an Associate Researcher (research-track) at Sichuan University. My primary research interests include safe drinking water technologies for disaster-affected areas, emergency prevention and control strategies for sudden water pollution incidents, post-disaster water environment restoration, and wastewater treatment and ecological risk assessment. To date, I have published over 40 high-level academic papers and served as principal investigator for multiple research projects funded by national and provincial-level organizations.

Representative research results

[1] Tang, P.#; Shi, J.#; He, C.; Li, X.; Chen, G.; Deng, Y.; Qin, J.; Liu, B.* Mitigation effect and mechanism of different pretreatment methods on reverse osmosis membrane fouling in coal chemical wastewater treatment. Desalination 2025, 598, 118437.

[2] Shu, J.#; Tang, P.#; Ji, X.; Liu, P.; Zhou, G.; Gan, Z.; Ma, J.; Liu, B.* Molecular insights into transformation of dissolved organic matter in treating shale gas wastewater by the UV/H2O2-ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis combined process. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2025, 360, 131110.

[3] Tang, P.; Liu, Z.; Liao, Q.; Ye, J.; Zhang, D.; Shi, J.; Liu, B.* Enhancing gravity-driven membrane system performance in shale gas wastewater treatment: Effect and mechanism of sodium acetate solution backwashing. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 494, 152981.

[4] Tang, P.; Shu, J.; Xie, W.; Su, Y.; He, Q.; Liu, B.* Characterizing hazardous substances of shale gas wastewater from the upper Yangtze River: A focus on heavy metals and organic compounds. J. Hazard. Mater. 2024, 469, 133873.

[5] Tang, P.; Zhong, C.; Zhang, D.; Wang, J.; Su, Y.; Liu, B.* Microbial Insights into Shale Gas Wastewater from the Sichuan Basin: Diversity, Potential Functions, and Implications. Energy & Fuels 2024, 38 (4), 2992-3001.

[6] Zhu, M.#; Tang, P.#; Yu, X.; Li, F.; Shi, S.; Zhang, D.; Shi, J.; Tao, W.; Ruan, X.; Liu, L.; Liu, B.* Effective and mechanistic insights into shale gas wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate treatment using ozonation-biological activated carbon process. Sci. Total Environ. 2024, 945, 174080.

[7] Liao, Q.#; Zhang, C.#; Tang, P.*; Shu, J.; Wu, Q.; Liu, B.* Exploration of ferrate (VI) pretreatment and ultrasonication combined with gravity-driven membrane filtration for shale gas wastewater treatment. J. Clean. Prod. 2024, 435, 140425.

[8] Ye, J.; Wang, Y.; Cheng, X.; Chen, G.; Zhang, D.; Chen, X.; Chen, L.; Tang, P.*; Xie, W.; Liu, B.* Removal of 6-methylquinoline from shale gas wastewater using electrochemical carbon nanotubes filter. Chemosphere 2024, 359, 142259.

[9] Tang, P.; Xie, W.; Tian, L.; Tan, B.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, Z.*; Chen, C.; Zhang, W.; Liu, B.* Oxidation-biotreatment-membrane combined process for external reuse of shale gas wastewater. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2022, 291, 120920.

[10] Tang, P.; Liu, B.*; Xie, W.; Wang, P.; He, Q.; Bao, J.; Zhang, Y.*; Zhang, Z.; Li, J.; Ma, J. Synergistic mechanism of combined ferrate and ultrafiltration process for shale gas wastewater treatment. J. Membr. Sci. 2022, 641, 119921.

[11] Tang, P.; Shi, M.; Li, X.; Zhang, Y.; Lin, D.; Li, T.; Zhang, W.; Tiraferri, A.; Liu, B.* Can pre-ozonation be combined with gravity-driven membrane filtration to treat shale gas wastewater? Sci. Total Environ. 2021, 797, 149181.

[12] Tang, P.; Xie, W.; Tiraferri, A.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, J.; Li, J.; Lin, D.; Crittenden, J. C.; Liu, B.* Organics removal from shale gas wastewater by pre-oxidation combined with biologically active filtration. Water Res. 2021, 196, 117041.

[13] Tang, P.; Li, J.; Li, T.; Tian, L.; Sun, Y.; Xie, W.; He, Q.; Chang, H.; Tiraferri, A.; Liu, B.* Efficient integrated module of gravity driven membrane filtration, solar aeration and GAC adsorption for pretreatment of shale gas wastewater. J. Hazard. Mater. 2021, 405, 124166.

[14] Tang, P.; Liu, B.*; Zhang, Y.*; Chang, H.; Zhou, P.; Feng, M.; Sharma, V. K. Sustainable reuse of shale gas wastewater by pre-ozonation with ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 392, 123743.